diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 25a7f968..286a0591 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Here are some screenshots of `powerlevel9k` with default settings: ### Installation +There are two things you need to make this theme work correctly: Powerline +fonts, and the theme itself. + +#### Install Powerline Fonts First, you need to install Powerline Fonts. You can find the [installation instructions here](https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation/linux.html#fonts-installation). @@ -45,6 +49,11 @@ You can also find the raw font files [in this Github repository](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) if you want to manually install them for your OS. +After you have installed Powerline fonts, make the default font in your terminal +emulator the Powerline font you want to use. + +#### Install Powerlevel9k + To install this theme, clone this repository into your Oh-My-Zsh `custom/themes` directory. @@ -133,6 +142,20 @@ Light'](https://github.com/altercation/solarized) users. Check it out: ![](http://bhilburn.org/content/images/2015/03/solarized-light.png) +### Troubleshooting + +Here are some fixes to some common problems. + +#### Gaps Between Segments + +You can see this issue in the screenshot, below: + +![](http://bhilburn.org/content/images/2014/12/font_issue.png) + +Thankfully, this is easy to fix. This happens if you have successfully installed +Powerline fonts, but did not make a Powerline font the default font in your +terminal emulator (e.g., 'terminator', 'gnome-terminal', 'konsole', etc.,). + ### Contributions / Bugs / Contact If you have any requests or bug reports, please use the tracker in this Github